@scottluly thanks for your note. The 24F/36R ration is important to me for a few reasons, a few scenarios. It's there when I need it. It gives me the proverbial bailout gear. It allows me to tackle steep, long climbs if I'm otherwise fatigued or in pain. It's easier on my knees and back. It helps when I haul very heavy loads up hills (75, 80 pounds is not unusual). It helps me get through slogs when I can balance pedaling anaerobically with going aerobic. I have as much high gearing as I practically need for the riding I do with the 46 big ring and 11 tooth rear, and I'm not interested in competitive riding, even "friendly" competition (I ignore riding mates who try to foment that dynamic!). It's handy to have the wide range. I see no down side to the super low gearing even if I don't use it much. I'm glad to have it when need arises though. I can only speak for myself, though! Everybody has their own needs and desires.
As an aside, I have not warmed up to 1x gearing even though I get why folks swear by it. I like triples. I hope this was helpful, but if you were looking for something else, let me know. Best wishes. On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 2:51:45 PM UTC-5 Scott wrote: > @junes1junes, I'm building an Atlantis that I hope to use here and there > loaded for dirt touring and bike packing. At this point, I'm undecided on > gearing and your gearing raised my brows. On my MTB I run 26 front and 32 > rear (as my lowest gear ratio) and that feels on the verge of spin out. > > Any thoughts on where your 24 front/36 rear combo shines and why you run > it? > > Thanks in advance, > > Scott > > On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 06:41:23 AM MST, J J <junes...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I, too, would choose my Hunqapillar. The setup would be generally what I > am currently running on my green Waterford-built 58: > > - Upright, wide, swept-back bars with mirror and bell > - Low gearing (triple with 24 tooth smallest in front, 9-speed with at > least 36 tooth biggest in back) > - Rapid Rise RD > - Friction thumb shifting > - Tires no smaller than 50mm > - Cantilever brakes > - B67 saddle > - Robust wheels with at least 36 spokes; dynamo hub > - Good lights > - Flat pedals > - Rear rack > > I could get particular about specific components; they would just have to > fit these general parameters. The main thing is the Hunq itself. The more > examples of other bikes I’ve ridden — including other Rivs — the more > attached I get to the Hunq as a do-it-all. The other bikes seem to have too > much or too little of something relative to the Hunq. They might be fun, > interesting, comfortable, capable, whatever, but they feel compromised or > annoying in some way, big or small. The Hunq compromises nothing to me and > riding it puts me in a happy place. > On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 7:41:29 AM UTC-5 captaincon...@gmail.com > wrote: > > I nominate my 650b Hunqapillar. It's the most comfortable bike I've > ridden, and it's geometry doesn't seem to be intended for drops, flat, or > upright handlebars--it feels different but good with each. > > On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 6:35:43 AM UTC-6 Chris L wrote: > > [image: 20210614_081755.jpg] > > On Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 1:20:20 AM UTC-6 Luke Hendrickson wrote: > > This is a fun one! I guess that I’ll kinda cop out and say that what I > have now is what I’d run as a do-it-all. I really like the Gus but I see it > as a 75% unpaved sorta bike which is why I’m pretty happy with my Atlantis. > I live and ride in San Francisco and so see a lot of elevation changes both > while commuting and while riding aimlessly. Thus my current setup (44-32-22 > up front, 12-32 in the rear) allows me to take on the steepest San > Francisco hill and gnarliest unpaved route in Marin. > > The addition of the basket has made it a true quiver killer in my eyes and > makes me so happy that I no longer view baskets with disdain. I was sorely > missing out. I’ve been a long time admirer (I saw my first Riv in 2008) but > I’m a new owner (August of this year). I’m sure my answer will change over > time, but, for now, the Atlantis is all that I need. > > Also also: I just did the attached route and featured a lot of rough > terrain with the final 40 miles being exclusively paved. The Atlantis was > supremely comfortable on all of it. > > On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 8:15:13 PM UTC-8 Joe Bernard wrote: > > I have one Riv that already does all this, but I'm cheating the premise of > the thread cuz it's a custom I had built for the purpose. So I'll shift my > answer to: What if I didn't have a car and part of the ride to go shopping > included gnarly singletrack! > > Ok the answer is Gus Boots-Willsen. I'd move most of my parts over: > SRAM 1x11 drivetrain > Sugino 152mm 36t cranks (maybe a smaller front ring, I don't care much > about spinning out) > Deity pedals > WI rear hub > Velocity Atlas rims > Bosco bars > Face Plater stem > Nitto post > Brooks B17 > Paul Motolites and levers > Nitto Big Rack > > I'd swap the front hub for a SON Dyno, a move I wish I'd done when I had > Rick build my wheels. > Would probably add front low-rider racks. > > This would give me all the stuff I love about Rivs (except lugs..don't > tell anybody but I love the fillet welds on Gus, my custom has a couple, > too) in a stouter frame that will handle big loads and gnarly terrain. > > On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at 1:35:25 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > > The threads on Platypus versus [name] and using versus "saving" your > Rivendell raises an interesting if (fortunately!) academic question: if you > could have only 1 Rivendell as your only bicycle, and that Rivendell had to > serve all purposes -- fast pavement, commuting, errand loads, at least > light dirt and gravel: what model would you choose and how would you build > and equip it? > > I'm fortunate to have a bike for each of my purposes, except a > theft-be-damned but fun to ride grocery beater, which I hope to add to the > collection*, but if I had to choose just 1 and that a Riv, it would be my > gofast with a second set of wheels shod with 42 mm Naches Passes (which fit > with room to spare under the front normal reach single pivot) but not bolt > anything else to the Riv. Lights: I have an excellent B&M Ixon IQ Premium > which puts out at least as much brightness and has a nicer beam pattern > than my Edeluxe I, and Cateye clamps are cheap and easy to find. There are > all sorts of bright, strap-on blinkies for the rear. I'd rig up a QR for my > Saddlesack Medium and attach it with the Nitto standoff only as needed, and > augment it with a courier bag in 1 of 3 sizes. I'd get some clip-on, easy > on/off fenders, shorties if need be -- hell, this is New Mexico. > > Wheels: Actually, I might do as I did decades ago when I tried to make a > mountain bike do triple duty with 3 wheelsets: gofast with 23 mm tires and > 12-19 (7-sp) cassette, commuting with 35 mm tires with 13-21, and off road > with knobbies and 14-28. The Phil fixed/fixed with Elk Pass would keep the > 17/19 Dingle and the 28 mm Elk Passes, but I'd have another Elk Pass rear > for the TC fixed hub with 17 t cog for 76" direct and 66" underdrive; and > then I'd have a third wheeset for Naches Passes with the fixed TF hub with > a 19 t cog and the Naches Passes for 70" and 52"; good pavement-to-moderate > dirt ratios. > > Of course, I'd have to overcome the scruple of keeping this bike pristine > .... Funny, I usually take a brief detour for a mile or mile-and-a-half > along a very busy 6-lane when I ride North from my house because the direct > route is dusty, sandy crusher fine. Would have to strenuously overcome that > vice. > > * Actually, one reason for this 5th beater bike would be just the fun of > building up a bike that rides nice and meets my gearing and handling > preferences at the lowest possible price. > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6ec2cc8e-ba30-42cf-b5d9-97c929e9f2bfn%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/6ec2cc8e-ba30-42cf-b5d9-97c929e9f2bfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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